--- name: "François Berléand" canonical: "https://film.one/person/francois-berleand" fi1m_id: "francois-berleand" imdb_id: "nm0075710" tmdb_id: 7693 wikidata_id: "Q576085" roles: ["Actor"] born: "22 April 1952" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T23:44:54.265622+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # François Berléand ## Identity François Berléand - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/francois-berleand - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** francois-berleand - **IMDb ID:** nm0075710 - **TMDB ID:** 7693 - **Wikidata ID:** Q576085 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Berl%C3%A9and, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576085, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075710/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7693 Actor. Born 22 April 1952 in Paris, France. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 22 April 1952, Paris, France - **Also known as:** François Berleand - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 90 (1), 2010s 82 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Berl%C3%A9and, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576085, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075710/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7693 ## Coming up - *Avis de tempête* (2026-12-23), as Captain - *Les jours d'après* (2027-01-06), as Henri - *Somnambule* (2027-02-03) - *5H48, Place des Martyrs* (2027-11-10), as Mr Defiandre ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Au Revoir les Enfants*](https://film.one/film/au-revoir-les-enfants.md) (90) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography François Berléand is a French actor. Born in Paris on 22 April 1952, he trained as an actor while studying at business school and made his stage debut in *Sur une plage de l'Ouest*. He began his film career in 1979 and appeared in supporting roles throughout the 1980s, including as Father Michel in Louis Malle's *Au Revoir les Enfants* (1987). Berléand received the César Award for best actor in a supporting role in 2000 for *Ma petite entreprise*. He is known for roles such as Inspector Tarconi in *The Transporter* (2002) and its sequels *Transporter 2* (2005) and *Transporter 3* (2008), headmaster Rachin in *The Chorus* (2004), and Eric Levkowitch in *Tell No One* (2006). He has also appeared in *The Concert* (2009) and the television series *Le Bureau*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these - *Au Revoir les Enfants* (1987), Fi1m 90, as Father Michel — [page](https://film.one/film/au-revoir-les-enfants.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Call My Agent!* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/call-my-agent.md) ## Complete filmography (210) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *5H48, Place des Martyrs* (2027), as Mr Defiandre - *Somnambule* (2027), Actor - *Les jours d'après* (2027), as Henri - *Avis de tempête* (2026), as Captain - *Phoenix* (2026), series, as Jean Humbel - *McWalter* (2025), as Chef Sorkin - *La Roue de la fortune : Célébrités* (2025), series, Actor - *Colours of Time* (2025), as Victor Hugo - *Angels & Co.* (2025), as Cupidon - *The Boy* (2025), as Le père - *Panique au 31* (2024), series, as François - *Père Noël à domicile* (2024), as François - *The World Upside Down* (2024), as Le grand-père - *Fêlés* (2024), as Directeur de l'usine - *Girl for a Day* (2024), as Judge Genoud - *Magnificat* (2023), as Monseigneur Mével - *Last Dance* (2023), as Germain - *The Grand Restaurant IV* (2022), as Christian, a client - *Tous Inconnus* (2022), as ("Les Chasseurs" segment) - *Le souffle du dragon* (2022), as Papi - *Two Much for the Job* (2022), as M. Picard - *Champagne !* (2022), as Le Maître de la Confrérie - *Par le bout du nez* (2022), as The Psychiatrist - *They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!* (2022), as Franck - *Love (and Trouble) In Paris* (2022), series, as Georges - *À mon tour* (2022), as Jean-Charles de Ponte - *Christmas with the Tuches* (2021), as Pierre Noël - *Hear Me Out* (2021), as Francis Samier - *Le Remplaçant* (2021), series, as Bernard Audoin - *Nine Women* (2021), Actor - *The Grand Restaurant III* (2021), as Christian, a client - *Je te promets* (2021), series, as Alexandre Gallo - *Une heure de tranquillité* (2020), as Michel - *I Love You Coiffure* (2020), as Liliane and Maud's Father (segment "La Maison de retraite") - *Grand Oral* (2020), as Le président du jury - *How to Be a Good Wife* (2020), as Robert Van der Beck - *Lucky* (2020), as Le commissaire Daran - *Ramsès II* (2020), as Jean - *L'Esprit de famille* (2020), as Jacques, le père d'Alexandre - *La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux* (2019), as Professeur Pascal Bernel - *Would I Lie to You: The Beginning* (2019), as Max - *Someone, Somewhere* (2019), as Psy de Rémy - *Encore un instant* (2019), as Julien - *Disturbing Disappearances* (2019), series, as Yves Perez - *Je vais mieux* (2018), as Audibert - *La Fête du Cinéma* (2018), Actor - *Alexandra Ehle* (2018), series, as Robin Desnoyeux - *Family Is Family* (2018), as Alexander, Constance's father - *Les Chamois* (2017), series, as Etienne Leroy - *Stand Up Girl* (2017), as Fabrice - *School of Life* (2017), as Count Louis Fernand de La Fresnaye - *Moi, moi et François B.* (2016), Actor - *Du vent dans les branches de sassafras* (2016), as John Emery Rockefelle - *Vicky* (2016), as Albert Bonhomme - *Among Friends* (2015), as Philippe - *The Art Dealer* (2015), as Simon - *Peplum* (2015), series, as Titus - *Deux hommes tout nus* (2014), as Alain Kramer - *La clef des champs* (2014), as Fred - *Closed Circuit* (2013), as Jean-Claude Dedieu - *60 Going On 12* (2013), as Charles - *Quadrille* (2013), as Philippe de Morannes - *Blanche Nuit* (2013), as La Malice - *State Crime* (2013), as Robert Boulin - *The Okinaway of Life* (2013), as Narrator - *Max* (2013), as Le commissaire de police - *Le Débarquement* (2013), Actor - *Le Débarquement* (2013), series, Actor - *Transporter: The Series* (2013), series, as Tarconi - *The Stroller Strategy* (2012), as Jean-Luc Hamory - *Dead Man Talking* (2012), as Karl Raven - *Happiness Never Comes Alone* (2012), as Alain Posche - *Le Dindon* (2012), as Vatelin - *La Chartreuse de Parme* (2012), as The Prince of Parma - *The Charterhouse of Parma* (2012), series, as The Prince of Parma - *Another Woman's Life* (2012), as Maître Volin - *One Day My Father Will Come* (2012), as Bernard Bleu - *Above Suspicion* (2011), as Pierre Jourdan - *Escalade* (2011), as Noe - *Au bistro du coin* (2011), as François - *Main basse sur une île* (2011), as "Der Engel" - *Le Gendre idéal 2* (2010), as Max - *Vieilles canailles* (2010), as JP - *Le pot de colle* (2010), as Richard Maurand - *The Whistler* (2010), as Armand / Maurice Teillard - *Sentiments provisoires* (2010), as Félix - *The Concert* (2009), as Olivier Morne Duplessis - *L'Évasion* (2009), series, as Colonel Von Deck - *Les Associés* (2009), as Raymond Rosen - *La différence, c'est que c'est pas pareil* (2009), as Sylvain - *Transporter 3* (2008), as Inspector Tarconi - *Le Gendre idéal* (2008), as Max - *L'Arbre de joie* (2008), as Professeor Lacombe - *Tailleur pour dames* (2008), as Bassinet - *Daddy Cool* (2008), as Albert Einstein - *Ca$h* (2008), as François - *Le Petit Fût* (2008), as Prosper Chicot - *Batailles* (2008), Actor - *Faisons un rêve* (2007), as Le mari - *A Girl Cut in Two* (2007), as Charles Denis, dit Saint-Denis - *Fragile(s)* (2007), as Paul - *Pur week-end* (2007), as Commissioner Papan - *Chez Maupassant* (2007), series, as Prosper Chicot - *Could This Be Love?* (2007), as Roland - *Tell No One* (2006), as Eric Levkowitch - *One Summer* (2006), as Maurice Lecouvey, farmer and mayor - *Le Bureau* (2006), series, as Gilles Triquet, Directeur Régional de la Cogirep sur Villepinte - *Aurore* (2006), as Le Roi - *Comedy of Power* (2006), as Michel Humeau - *Edy* (2005), as Edy Saïovici - *Transporter 2* (2005), as Inspector Tarconi - *Quartier V.I.P.* (2005), as Bertrand Fussac - *The Best Day of My Life* (2005), as Valentin - *Narco* (2004), as Guy Bennet - *Me and My Sister* (2004), as Pierre Demouthy - *The Great Role* (2004), as Benny Schwarz - *Eros Therapy* (2004), as Adam Corbeau - *Everybody Is a Killer* (2004), as François, le garagiste - *Cash Truck* (2004), as Bernard - *The Chorus* (2004), as Rachin - *I've Been Waiting So Long* (2004), as Simon - *Les Amateurs* (2004), as Monsieur Meinau - *Hot House* (2003), as Georges - *A Model Employee* (2003), as François Maurey - *Only Girls* (2003), as Mermot - *En territoire indien* (2003), as Jean-Claude Adam - *Remake* (2003), as François Charles-Leconte - *Whatever You Say* (2002), as jean-Louis Broustal - *The Transporter* (2002), as Tarconi - *The Adversary* (2002), as Rémi - *The Young Casanova* (2002), as Louis XV - *Féroce* (2002), as Inspecteur de police - *The Warrior's Brother* (2002), as Le curé - *Alive* (2002), as Father - *L'Héritière* (2002), as Bordier - *Tender Souls* (2001), as Jacques - *La fille de son père* (2001), as Henri - *How I Killed My Father* (2001), as un patient - *L'Année des Guignols - Je peux dire une connerie ?* (2001), as (voice) - *Hors Service* (2001), as Louis - *Recrutement* (2001), as Corbi, the recruiter - *Don't Make Trouble!* (2001), as (segment "Cyrano") - *Cyrano* (2001), Actor - *The Prince of the Pacific* (2000), as le commandant Lefèvre - *Jeanne, Marie et les autres* (2000), as Gédéon - *Stardom* (2000), as Nigel Pope's Associate - *Deep in the Woods* (2000), as Baron Axel de Fersen - *Six-Pack* (2000), as Thomas - *Actors* (2000), as François Nègre - *One 4 All* (1999), as Le passager désagréable - *Bad Company* (1999), as René - *Man of My Life* (1999), as Frydman - *My Little Business* (1999), as Maxime Nassieff - *Innocent* (1999), as Jean-René - *Le sourire du clown* (1999), as Drouot - *Hard Off* (1999), as Le docteur Nataf - *Stop* (1999), as Laurent's brother - *The Happiest Place on Earth* (1999), as Brafort - *Romance* (1999), as Robert - *Romance 1999* (1999), as Robert - *Baby Blues* (1999), as Granier - *In All Innocence* (1998), as Antoine - *The School of Flesh* (1998), as Soukaz - *Place Vendôme* (1998), as Eric Malivert - *Dormez, je le veux!* (1998), as Paul, the uncle / Raymond, the father - *L'Année des Guignols - Y'a paaas de méthode* (1998), as (voice) - *La Mort du Chinois* (1998), as Inspector Chevalot - *Un flic presque parfait* (1998), as Génaro - *Seventh Heaven* (1997), as Le docteur - *Le garçon d'orage* (1997), as Le boiteux - *Fred* (1997), as Barrère - *Pardaillan* (1997), as Henry de Montmorency, comte de Damville - *Captain Conan* (1996), as Commander Bouvier - *A Self-Made Hero* (1996), as Monsieur Jo - *Madame le Consul* (1996), series, as Ambassador Delaunay - *Un si joli bouquet* (1995), as Antoine - *Runaways* (1995), as Nicolas - *Les Milles* (1995), as Lt. Boisset - *Fresh Bait* (1995), as Insp. Durieux - *La fidèle infidèle* (1995), as Robert - *The Violin Player* (1994), as Charles - *Les Cordier, juge et flic* (1994), series, as Lansac - *Cherche famille désespérément* (1994), Actor - *The Goldfish* (1994), as Pharmacist - *The Screw* (1993), as Un vendeur - *Trapped by a Dream* (1993), as Le cousin - *Feu Adrien Muset* (1992), as Edgar - *Papa veut pas que je t'épouse* (1992), Actor - *Tableau d'honneur* (1992), as Alain Denizet - *La Femme de l'amant* (1992), as Marc - *May Fools* (1990), as Daniel - *Sans rires* (1990), as Roger - *The Hostage of Europe* (1989), as Generał Charles Tristan de Montholon - *Suivez cet avion* (1989), as Combette - *Camille Claudel* (1988), as Docteur Michaux - *Poker* (1988), as Lawyer - *Au Revoir les Enfants* (1987), as Father Michel — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/au-revoir-les-enfants.md) - *The Murderous Months of April* (1987), as Baumann - *The Secret Wife* (1986), as Zaccharia Pasdeloup - *Make It Mine* (1986), as Le beau-frère de Loïc - *Strictement personnel* (1985), as Gérard - *Sincerely Charlotte* (1985), as postal worker, Le préposé PTT soupçonneux - *Marche à l'ombre* (1984), as Police inspector receiver - *Stella* (1983), as Captain in the hangar - *La Balance* (1982), as Inspecteur de la Mondaine - *Un étrange voyage* (1981), as Le témoin escroc - *Martin and Lea* (1979), as l'inspecteur - *Rimbaud-Verlaine, une saison en enfer*, series, as Théodore Serstevens - *Les Talents d’Achille*, Actor - *Johnny Biloute*, series, Actor ## Gallery - ![Avant-première du film "L'école buissonnière" : François Cluzet, Jean Scandel, Nicolas Vanier, François Berléand, Éric Elmosnino. (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/119060/gallery-32b8df05907d.jpg) Avant-première du film "L'école buissonnière" : François Cluzet, Jean Scandel, Nicolas Vanier, François Berléand, Éric Elmosnino. (2017) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/AVP_L%27%C3%A9cole_buissonni%C3%A8re.jpg/1280px-AVP_L%27%C3%A9cole_buissonni%C3%A8re.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Sophie Marceau et François Berléand au Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens en octobre 2023](https://film.one/media/person/119060/gallery-f7781042c0eb.jpg) Sophie Marceau et François Berléand au Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens en octobre 2023 — Bloody-libu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Sophie_Marceau_et_Fran%C3%A7ois_Berl%C3%A9and_2023.jpg/1280px-Sophie_Marceau_et_Fran%C3%A7ois_Berl%C3%A9and_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Theatre @ Montparnasse @ Paris (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/119060/gallery-8b30629b8994.jpg) Theatre @ Montparnasse @ Paris (2016) — Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_Montparnasse%2C_Paris_4_November_2016.jpg/1280px-Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_Montparnasse%2C_Paris_4_November_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Film L'esprit de Famille sortie Janvier 2020 (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/119060/gallery-d25222e5b5fb.jpg) Film L'esprit de Famille sortie Janvier 2020 (2019) — Journal Toulousain, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/VLADIMIR_MAX.jpg/1280px-VLADIMIR_MAX.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![François Berléand](https://film.one/media/person/119060/gallery-888b79870746.jpg) François Berléand — Image via TMDB - ![L'esprit de Famille date de sortie 2020](https://film.one/media/person/119060/gallery-a824fe27d3dc.jpg) L'esprit de Famille date de sortie 2020 — Pressreader1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Vladimir_Max_et_Fran%C3%A7ois_Berl%C3%A9and.jpg/1280px-Vladimir_Max_et_Fran%C3%A7ois_Berl%C3%A9and.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Officer of the Legion of Honour 2015: Officer of the Legion of Honour (won) - Knight of the Legion of Honour 2006: Knight of the Legion of Honour (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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